AMERICAN FLAG SEEN, CHEERED AT WRESTLING MATCH IN IRAN.(News)

From: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Date: February 18, 1998 | Copyright information

An Iranian crowd burst into cheers yesterday when U.S. wrestlers carried the Stars and Stripes into an international meet - marking the first time in 18 years the American flag was displayed with honor rather than hatred in Tehran.

The U.S. flag, burned and trampled again and again here since the Islamic Revolution of 1979, received more applause than any of the other 16 national banners, save that of the host nation.

Wrestlers on the five-member U.S. team carrying the flag waved back enthusiastically.

``I never know what to expect wherever I go, but more so here ...

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